Marathon Technologies Recognized as Laureate by the Computerworld Honors Program for Bringing Fault-Tolerant, High Availability Software to Server Virtualization
Global Information Technology Awards Foundation Pays Tribute to Marathon’s Innovative everRun VM Software that Simplifies High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Littleton, Mass. — April 08, 2008 — Marathon Technologies Corporation, the only provider of fault-tolerant, high availability software for physical and virtual servers, announced today that it has been selected as a 2008 Laureate by IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program. Marathon was awarded the distinction for developing new software, everRun VM, which addresses one of the factors that has held back broader adoption of server virtualization - a lack of simple and effective high availability technology for virtual environments.
This year's Honorees will be commemorated during the 20th Annual Laureates Medal Ceremony & Gala Awards Evening on June 2, 2008 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C. For two decades, Computerworld Honors has acknowledged those individuals and organizations that have used information technology to benefit society.
"The Computerworld Honors Program seeks to recognize organizations whose use of information technology is especially innovative and offers the possibility to positively affect the use of technology in society," said Gary Phillips, president and CEO of Marathon Technologies. “We are honored that our vision of making high availability and disaster recovery products that are so simple and effective that every application can now be protected, is being recognized for its potentially broad impact on the information technology market.”
The Computerworld Honors Program unites Chairmen and CEOs of the world's foremost information technology companies to recognize the most outstanding user achievements in technology each year. The technology achievements honored by this program are preserved and protected in national archives, and in over 350 universities, museums, and research institutions throughout the world.
Each year, members of the Chairmen's Committee, a group of 100 Chairmen/CEOs of global technology companies, nominates individuals and organizations around the world whose visionary applications of information technology promotes positive social and economic progress.
"Each year, the Computerworld Honors Program seeks to recognize organizations, from a variety of sectors, for their ongoing efforts to utilize technology in order to benefit society," said Ron Milton, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation and Executive Vice President of Computerworld. "We are proud to provide a platform to publicly acknowledge these contributions."
About Marathon Technologies
With more than 1800 global customers, Marathon is the world’s first and only provider of fault-tolerant, automated, high availability and disaster recovery software for physical and virtual servers. Marathon’s everRun® software prevents outages and data loss – without IT intervention. Organizations using everRun achieve uninterrupted availability, 100% data protection, and rapid recovery – all through “one-click” operation. The company won a “Best of VMworld 2007 – New Technology” award for bringing fault tolerant availability to virtual servers. CIO.com recently named Marathon Technologies one of “10 Virtualization Vendors to Watch in 2008.” For more information visit www.marathontechnologies.com.
About Computerworld
Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld’s award-winning Web site (www.computerworld.com), weekly publication, focused conference series and custom research forms the hub of the world’s largest (40+ edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including Folio Magazine's 2006 Gold EDDIE Award for the best technology/computing magazine, the 2004 and 2006 Magazine of the Year Award, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). In addition, in 2007 Computerworld's then editor in chief, Don Tennant, received the prestigious Timothy White Award from American Business Media. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 2 million unique, monthly visitors and a print audience of 1,222,000 readers each week (IntelliQuest CIMS Spring 2007).
About International Data Group
International Data Group (IDG) is the world’s leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG's online network includes more than 450 Web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment, and video games worldwide. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's lead-generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers.
IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including Macworld Conference & Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Entertainment for All Expo (E for All), DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 900 IDC analysts in more than 90 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.
Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is available at idg.com. Note: All product and company names are trademarks of their respective companies.
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Contacts:
Brian Keith Mullins
Marathon Technologies Corp.
978.489.1146
bmullins@marathontechnologies.com
Lynda Sylvia
Racepoint Group Inc.
781.487.4619
lsylvia@racepointgroup.com
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